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America: The Story of Us Episode 6: The Heartland WritingAmerica: The Story of Us Episode 6: The Heartland Writing
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America: The Story of Us Episode 6: The Heartland

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I love handouts that include reading passages and discussion questions.Here you will find two pages. Page one provides an informational reading passage and six discussion questions. Page two provides a three paragraph primary-source quote and two related analysis questions. The topic, America in the 1860s.

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primary source analysis, primary sources, reading comprehension, informational texts, immigration, native americans, the united states

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7th - 8th
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